Re: [Patch] Off by one in drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c

[Eric Sesterhenn / Snakebyte <snakebyte@gmx.de>]

* Mikael Pettersson (mikpe@it.uu.se) wrote:
> On Wed, 21 Jun 2006 23:28:17 +0200, Eric Sesterhenn wrote:
> > this fixes coverity id #554. since serial table
> > is defines as serial_table[SERIAL_TTY_MINORS] we
> > should make sure we dont acess with an index
> > of SERIAL_TTY_MINORS.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Eric Sesterhenn <snakebyte@gmx.de>
> > 
> > --- linux-2.6.17-git2/drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c.orig	2006-06-21 23:24:07.000000000 +0200
> > +++ linux-2.6.17-git2/drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c	2006-06-21 23:25:12.000000000 +0200
> > @@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ static struct usb_serial *get_free_seria
> >  
> >  		good_spot = 1;
> >  		for (j = 1; j <= num_ports-1; ++j)
> > -			if ((i+j >= SERIAL_TTY_MINORS) || (serial_table[i+j])) {
> > +			if ((i+j >= SERIAL_TTY_MINORS-1)||(serial_table[i+j])) {
> >  				good_spot = 0;
> >  				i += j;
> >  				break;
> 
> Where is the access coverity complained about? If it's the serial_table[i+j]
> quoted above, then the original code is OK since i+j < SERIAL_TTY_MINORS is
> an invariant in that subexpression.
> 
> And the other accesses to serial_table[] in get_free_serial() are also only
> done when the index is < SERIAL_TTY_MINORS.

I'll check that again on sunday, when i am back home.

Greetings, Eric